The hummingbird tongue is a fluid trap, not a capillary tube

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 9356-9360

  Rico Guevara, Alejandro ^a   Rubega, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fluid dynamics; Nectar trapping; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; MECHANICS; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; TONGUE; TUBE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT NECTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TONGUE; VIDEO RECORDING;

AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 79959370413     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1016944108     Document Type: Article

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